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may the 22. 1679.
. . . m
r. Henshaw the vice p
t: tooke the chair.
The minutes of may the 8
th. and of the 15
th. were Read wherevp
oIt the cau
se of the faintne
sse of the beames of Light Reflected from
the full moon were further di
scour
sed of vpon the occa
sion of
their
Insensible effect the of . . . not working any sensible
effect vpon the new phosphorus
D
r. Grew there Read the 3
d. part of his De
scription ^ /of
the repository being/ about the
flying animals there kept.
After w
ch. D
r. Plot mentiond an Inuention made by one of Kent
which was a kind of kind clock made by the pa
ssing of fine sand
through a small Hole somw
t after the way De
scribed by
Belferius: Herevpon mention was made of Diuers other
ways of making hourgla
sses or Clocks. viz
t. by the
pa
ssing of the
. . . air (inclosed by an In
strument) through
a very small hole.
A stranger being present the weather clock
was now fini
shed
by m
r. Hooke was omitted to be seen till the next Day
when it was to be /carryed/
transported to m
r. Hunts Lodgings
that he might attend it
and supply it w
th. fresh papers.
m
r. Hooke then
R had Leaue of the company to Introduce ^ /mo
r Pappin/ a
Gentleman who stayed in the
ot outer Room, w
th intention
to shew An Experiment to the Society, w
ch was very singular
& new.
The said Gentleman being brought in shewed the Company
a small gla
sse which he had in his pocket wherein were con
teined seuerall small peices of Harts horne, which the said
Person he had softned by a new way he had found out
of boyling them. The said peices were examined by Cutting
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